Rebecca Leftwich is dipped by her husband, Chase Leftwich, during a concert put on by Gill Harris and the Big Band Theory at Trotter Convention Center Friday. "We are a little rusty but we were excited to come here to dance together again to a live band," Rebecca said. The couple, who live on Columbus Air Force Base, met while taking dance lessons when they lived in Utah and have been swing dancing ever since.

Mack, a 6-week-old McNab Shepherd puppy, squirmed in Columbus Fire and Rescue engineer Eric Minga's arms on their first day together as search dog-in-training and handler at the fire station on 31st Avenue North Friday.

The Stephen D. Lee Foundation will hold its annual gala at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13, at the home of Martha Kirkley in Columbus. This year's event will be an early celebration of Valentine's Day and an elaborate celebration of Mardi Gras.

Lowndes County supervisors voted unanimously to withdraw $1,009,186 in profits from its hospital trust fund, its largest withdrawal in the five years since a state law allowing funds to be invested in the stock market.

Pinkie is just like most puppies. She wags her tail, pricks up her ears and loves walks with her humans.
She has no idea she's blind, said Columbus-Lowndes Humane Society director Karen Johnwick, so she doesn't let it slow her down.

Noah Oppedal, 3, pretends he is a plane in front of two F-22 Raptor fighter planes at Columbus Air Force Base before a flying demonstration Friday. The F-22 pilots will be utilizing the airspace time as they prepare for the 2018 air show season. Noah is the son of Laura and Maj. Ryan Oppendal of CAFB.